History & Persons

Tony Rocchi30.05.2024

The Reign of Terror in 1793-1794 remains the most controversial chapter of the French Revolution. Historians are still arguing if the terror of the Jacobin government was an aberration—something gone tragically wrong—or whether the terror was the logical result of the violent and intolerant sentiments expressed by revolutionaries in the early stage of the revolution […]

Klim Zhukov27.05.2024

On May 27, 1525, Thomas Münzer, a glorious son of the German people, a German preacher during the Reformation, who spoke out against the sinful way of life, contrasting it with the gospel ideal, was executed. Münzer’s oratory and preaching talent most clearly manifested itself during a large-scale uprising of German peasants who fought against […]

Tony Rocchi26.05.2024

The French Revolution was the greatest revolution and civil war that took place in a series of revolutions, civil wars, and national-liberation wars that began with the revolution in Geneva Switzerland in 1768 and finished with the final defeat of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The wave of revolutions and […]

Yuri Chekalin23.05.2024

In the USA and Great Britain, the name of Vadim BAKATIN is known today by many more people than in Russia. For the West, he is a hero who managed to destroy the KGB in the shortest possible time. That is, to fulfill the task set by the President of the USSR Mikhail GORBACHEV, without […]

Tony Rocchi18.05.2024

Just how unique was the French Revolution of 1789-1799? Revolutions, uprisings, revolutionary wars, and other upheavals took place in many countries in Europe and the world beginning with a revolution in Geneva Switzerland in 1768 and ending with the overthrow of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815. Revolutions have many points of similarities, but the French […]

Andrey Vedyaev29.04.2024

70 years ago, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No.137/40 of March 13, 1954, the State Security Committee was created, which marked a new stage in the history of domestic intelligence services. Over the 37 years of its existence, the KGB has achieved outstanding results in ensuring national security, […]

Andrey Vedyaev25.04.2024

Olga Chekhova was a film star of the Third Reich and Hitler’s favorite actress. And all these years she was at the forefront of the invisible front, playing a complex and dangerous game against the leaders of the Nazi regime. It’s hard to believe, because she was not included in any foreign or military intelligence […]

Sergey Stankevich24.04.2024

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34 years ago the democrats took power in Moscow. On April 20, 1990, Gavriil Popov was elected chairman of the Moscow City Council of People’s Deputies. For the first time in Soviet history, the capital of the USSR was headed not by a party official, but by a scientist-economist. On April 21, Sergei Stankevich became […]

Yuri Chekalin16.04.2024

The legendary comedian Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889, 135 years ago! Charlie Chaplin miraculously escaped death, because an assassination attempt was being prepared on him during his visit to Japan in 1932. Chaplin was a crowd favorite. In fact, he became the first actor to be adored by crowds and greeted with […]

Sergey Stankevich15.04.2024

The Great Flood in Moscow took place in April 1908. In the old, ancient times, floods also regularly occurred in Moscow: once every 30-40 years, the waters of the Moskva River, Yauza, Neglinka and small rivers broke out of the banks and walked through the streets of the capital. The rise in water level from […]

History & Persons

Terror and Violence in the French Revolution

“Let Your Sword Not Become Cold With Blood”

More Risks in Comparing European Revolutions

Executive Servant of the Spotted Devil

The French Revolution and its Legacy in France Today

Lubyanka — the KGB House in Moscow

Olga Chekhova — the “Queen of the Nazi Reich” and Russian Spy

Gavriil Popov — the First Post-Communist Mayor of Moscow

135 years ago Charlie Chaplin was born!

The Great Flood in Moscow

Tokyo Rose of Russia

Federal Rescuers Didn’t Help Households With Trump Posters

There Was a Woman in the Beginning

Guilty Without Actual Guilt